When handsome cowboy Stone Caywood is wrongly sent to prison for five years for killing his best friend, little does he know a young girl infatuated with him has grown up and has waited for him to return home. From one brief notice from a cute boy, pretty Kendra Lomax has grown into a woman that has been pining away to love and be loved by a man she knows is innocent of killing her cousin. But Stone has one goal when he returns, and that's to get back his ranch. Kendra becomes his means to regain his home and get revenge on her father for his lies that sent him away. His only problem is guilt keeps getting in the way as Kendra's generous affection softens his heart.